Battles of the nineteenth century . K. A. V. CLEMENTS,COMMANDING I2TH BRIGADE, (,P/wla: /? i^ Voiiiig, Loniiott.) i6;-. MAITLAND CAMP, NEAR CAPE TOWN : HOUSEHOLD CWALRY BRINGING THEIR HORSES TO WATER. CHAPTER XX. SIR CHARLES warrens \\K MOVEMENT. ^V W HILE Lytteltons brigade was de-ft C I monstrating at Potgeiters Drift,^-^^^ and the hea\y guns were harm-lessly bombarding theBoer trencheson the Brakfontein and Spion Kop hills, themounted troops and Warrens infantiy andartillery were moving towards Trichards andWaggon Drifts, near Venters Spruit. On the evening of
Battles of the nineteenth century . K. A. V. CLEMENTS,COMMANDING I2TH BRIGADE, (,P/wla: /? i^ Voiiiig, Loniiott.) i6;-. MAITLAND CAMP, NEAR CAPE TOWN : HOUSEHOLD CWALRY BRINGING THEIR HORSES TO WATER. CHAPTER XX. SIR CHARLES warrens \\K MOVEMENT. ^V W HILE Lytteltons brigade was de-ft C I monstrating at Potgeiters Drift,^-^^^ and the hea\y guns were harm-lessly bombarding theBoer trencheson the Brakfontein and Spion Kop hills, themounted troops and Warrens infantiy andartillery were moving towards Trichards andWaggon Drifts, near Venters Spruit. On the evening of the i6th—the same da}-that Potgeiters Drift was crossed—the cavalr}-marched to the upper drifts, about six milesfurther west, and Warren made a night marchfrom Springfield with Harts, Hildvards, andWoodgates brigades, six batteries of the RovalField Artillery, and the Royal Engineers withtheir pontoon train. His orders were to bridgethe river the next day, force the passage atTrichards, and operate against the right flankof the Boers. The force making this flankingmovement amounted to three brigades (twelvebattalions), thirty-six guns,
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